Chief Architect of Future Combat Air Systems FCAS at Airbus Defence and Space. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from UC3M and trained as an Electronics Engineer at the University of Granada UGR and TU Wien in Austria. He has more than 25 years of professional experience in a range of environments, including as Technical Lead for R and D projects in Mission Data Management at Airbus Defence and Space, Associate Professor and researcher in Information and Communications Technology Security at UC3M, and R and D Engineer in Mobile Communications and Internet at Siemens Austria. His area of expertise focuses on functional architectures for Systems of Systems and air mission data management, including aspects of Artificial Intelligence and cloud computing. He participates in various initiatives and working groups, including development of the Next Generation Weapon System NGWS concept, EICACS European Initiative for Collaborative Air Combat Standardisation, and NATOs Challenges in Multi Domain Operations NATO SAS IST.